How can we actually crawl out of the pit of loneliness?

And that's what it can sometimes feel like, this absolute pit of despair, that could even

lead to depression many times.

Now, oftentimes people who experience extreme loneliness or this deep depression that

it can sometimes lead to, it can make us feel that we have to pretend to be

happy even though we have so much pain inside. We can feel that our relationships are shallow.

When we see other people who are happy and together or couples, it can make us feel upset or even

angry. We can get overly attached to people who we might have just met. We're constantly

worrying about whether or not people like us, especially if we are our authentic self. Sometimes we

can really feel like getting out of bed, even if we had enough sleep. Now, Cigna's National Survey on

Loneliness revealed that loneliness is truly now an epidemic.

Nearly half of Americans, for example, report sometimes are always feeling lonely. Could that be you?

Well, if so, though you might feel alone, you are surely not. Now, today we're going to be speaking

about a very, very dear sister named Aisha and kind of the

loneliness and depression that was so deep for her that she almost didn't crawl out of it.

But ahmdallah, we were able to help her when she reached out. And we're going to describe today

kind of what she felt to you, if you can identify if that's your issue

and exactly how you're able to help her so that if it's a problem for you you can do the same

looking forward to talking to you in this one if you're looking for some healing around loneliness

and depression keep listening welcome to the mindful mislema speaks podcast a safe space to learn and grow

into the best version of yourself that you're always meant to be.

I'm your host, mindful Muslim, mom of five, big sister to the community and a licensed educator with 25 plus years and supporting tens of thousands of Muslim women worldwide.

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